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an ambitious crime to curve violence in oakland. it's a city taking action or is it just talk? i'm ken wayne, frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. jean quan sited the seven block area. but ktvu has just learned that oakland police has nothing to

do with it. eric rasmussen has the story. >> reporter: oakland police have devoted no special resources to the so called 100 blocks that are said to be responsible for more than 90% of oakland's shootings and homicides and the exact location of those blocks is still a mystery. in this rough part of west oakland, tim muni says his family has seen more crime and less police. >> they're stepping their game up. >> reporter: but chalking it up to oakland's new 100 blocks plan may not be the reason. >> 100 blocks is for a term that opk -- opd has been doing for a long time. >> reporter: chief howard jordan saids his department has always concentrated on crime hot spots but is not concentrating on the 100 most

violent crimes. mayor quan will not describe if there are 100 blocks or what 100 blocks. >> i'm a big fan of transparency. i'm not sure why the mayor wants to keep the identity of these exact blocks confidential. >> reporter: so far the city has only provided this map highlighting general areas in east and west oakland. chp confirms it is providing assistance in some of those areas but has been involved in assisting opd for many years. and mayor quan was not available to talk to us today. however her staff said the 100 blocks plan will focus on coordination among other agencies and not just opd. we're live here in oakland, eric rasmussen. in nine minutes tonight, another story that's only on two. exclusive new details in a san francisco mass murder case. the possible motive police are investigating and the judge's

ruling today on who will represent the suspect. republican presidential candidate rick santorum is in delegate rich and cash rich california tonight. patti lee is live in alamo where santorum held a much needed fundraiser to keep his campaign going. >> reporter: the types of people who attend fundraisers for president are wealthy, but tonight the continuance was on voters who may not be backing the candidate, but for $125 could afford to meet him to make their decision. >> hopefully the senator really fits what i believe in. >> reporter: the top ticket tonight's event $2,500. a stark contrast to the bay

area fundraiser held for mitt romney earlier in the week where tickets started at 100,000 and soared to 250,000. >> this suspect just about raising money. we wanted people to come who wanted to come. >> welcome the next president of the united states rick santorum. >> reporter: as this rally shows shows santorum is also trying to raise his profile in a state he has little support. >> it's good to be here. >> reporter: he compared himself often to president reagan. at the jelly belly factory where he is immortalized in jelly beans. >> we need someone who's not going to be the etch-a-sketch candidate.

>> reporter: santorum has not done well campaigning in california. tonight organizers tell me that mr. santorum will be leaving tonight with an extra $100,000. mr.santorum left the party about 20 minutes ago. reporting live in alamo, patti lee. former president george herbert walker bush endorsed mitt romney today to be the next president. mr.bush and wife said that it's time for the nation to be united. romney says he's pleased to get their support. so far former president george w. bush has stayed out of the race. president oe -- obama is far ahead of mitt romney. 53% of those surveyed have a

favorable view of president obama. while 34% have a favorable view of romney. the first lady is said to visit the bay area for a special coast guard ceremony. president obama's health care overhaul is now in the hands of the supreme court. the justices are expected to cast their vote on the lawn tomorrow after three days of historic hearings in washington, d.c. no one else will be present during tomorrow's secret vote. at stake is whether the 2010 health care law is constitutional. there is a major new development tonight in the search for missing south bay teenager sierra lamar. as robert handa reports, late today volunteer searchers made a discovery that is now being treated as possible evidence in

the case. >> reporter: santa clara sheriff's deputies searched morgan hill after a strange discovery by volunteers. the volunteers are part of a search looking for sierra lamar. >> the volunteers located a stainless steel box. a couple of used condoms. it'll be submitted to the crime lab for further analysis. >> reporter: the area was searched at least five times since her possible abduction, a near by homeowner was shaken. >> it is disturbing, something very close to home. i hope it is connected but then i hope it's not connected and maybe give them some evidence or something to find her. >> reporter: the discovery capped a day of ups and downs. today the search of water ways did not yield any clues. but search organizers were encouraged by a huge turn out

of more than 100 volunteers, then got an unexpected donation. >> we have collected and we are giving to class kids to find sierra $12,000. >> nothing like this has happened to us in any previous search. the response is absolutely extraordinary on every level. >> reporter: class also says the donations and volunteer turn outs could help stretch out the search which is scheduled to continue through sunday. in morgan hill, robert handa, ktvu news. a candlelight vigil took place in fremont tonight for sierra lamar. about 200 students from the confirmation class at holy spirit church lit candles and prayed. many of the students go to washington high school which is where sierra went to school before moveing to the south bay. one of her close friends thanks the crowd for their support. >> i want all you guys to keep praying for her and keep looking, keep hope. don't give up.

>> another volunteer search for sierra is set for tomorrow morning in morgan hill. new information tonight on that shooting we told you about last night outside of chevy's restaurant in richmond. agents with the bureau of tobacco and firearms and explosives shot a man. denard hutchinson was trying to sell a grenade launcher but pulled a gun. he is expected to survive. two other men were arrested. officials now say a grenade launcher was not found at the scene. we also know now the name of the man killed in a drive by shooting in richmond which we reported on last month. the victim has been identified as bonnie ray morris. it was an intentional shooting but investigators say they don't know whether morris was the intended target. the defense department

announced the death of a fighter pilot. francis inlay of vacaville died of injuries from an accident involving an f15 aircraft. the military would only say it happened sunday near a base in southwest asian. captain inlay was supporting operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. a united flight bound for san francisco international stopped in philadelphia. what was found in the backpack. picking up a little bit of green out there right now. i'll let you know when rain returns. a san francisco family was attacked and killed. tonight friends honor them according to chinese custom.

only on 2 tonight. exclusive new details on oakland's mass murder case. amber lee has been following this story, she's live in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: in chinese heritage, family and friends usually pay their respect a week after a loved one dies. and that's exactly what was

happening here at the le family home. steven chen told us he is saddened that his close friends, 65-year-old le and his family lost their lives in such a violent and senseless manner. >> they're a very good family. i don't know why the people would do that. >> reporter: police are looking into the theory that le was a bookie that had just collected a lot of money from march madness bets. luk went to the home to collect the debt and may have decided to rob the le family as well. friends say it's unlikely vincent owed money.  they say he was usually the one to lend others money. >> i'm sure. >> reporter: we also learned that luk worked as a plumber. he was born in thailand, spent time in taiwan. >> i know he owed him money.

>> how do they know each other? >> maybe some construction. >> reporter: friends tell us they still don't believe five members of the le family are gone. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu news. for a second day 35-year- old luk was in san francisco's superior court this morning. he's facing five murder charges. attorneys argued where the public defenders office can represent luke since it represented luke's brother ryan in another -- luk's brother ryan in another case. >> people have indicated, luk may well be called as a witness. >> reporter: adachi said he will go to the appeal's court to represent luk. luk's arrangement was put off

until may 6th. legislators wore hoodies on the floor of the house. they called for an investigation. lawmakers adjourned in both the assembly and senate in memory of the 17-year-old boy. democratic assemblyman roger hernandez of west covina said he was in town to visit a friend when he had a few drinks with dinner. hernandez said he's awaiting test results and as of now there's no proof he tested above the legal limit. passengers on board a flight learned frightening news after they landed at sfo. mike mibach explains what was found inside a handbag that has him facing serious charges. >> reporter: united flights coming and going today out of

san francisco international. including flight 565 nonstop to philadelphia. >> that moment of a cold chill down your spine. >> reporter: something was different. >> a little bit carry, about 20 text messages, apparently somebody was trying to get explosives on the the plane. >> reporter: it was here where 29-year-old joseph picklo was headed to the gate to board the flight but never made it. tsa agents stopped him after an unusual object was spotted inside his carry on baggage as it was being screened. inside the backpack a cigarette lighter, two homemade 880 as well as a plastic bottle wrapped in electrical plate and filled with a powdery mixture. also a test tube with a powdery

substance containing a wick. >> he said he had forgotten they were in his luggage. >> reporter: as for passengers on board, they said they were given the green light to fly after a 20 minute delay. >> and the hair kind of stands up on your neck and you think, wow i'm just glad to be here. little surreal really. picklo a pennsylvania resident told them he was visiting relatives in the area. he is being charged with taking an explosive device on to a flight. a grandmother faces battery charges for attacking a flight crew. peggy sanchez was arrested on tuesday when the plane she was on landed in florida. sanchez says she had a panic attack because of new medication. the flight crew and passengers says sanchez became irate when flight attendants refused to serve her alcohol. it was a mixed day for wall

street. the dow managed a gain of 19 points. investors are waiting for earnings reports due next month and they're concerned about the european debt crisis. rim said it will return to its business clientele roots where many people have preferred blackberries over other smart phones. the canadian company had tried to expand smart phones to its consumers. apple is facing workers -- they plan to reduce worker hours and raise the hourly rate to compensate employees for

lost work time. apple's so called antenna gate is finally coming to an end. qualifying iphone four users will each get $15 from a class action lawsuit over the phone's infamous antenna problem. since july 2010 apple has been giving away free bumper cases to iphone four users after they received complaints the iphone could lose its signal if it was held in a certain way. we've posted more information on the lawsuit at ktvu.com just look for web links. in live storm tracker 2 showing showers out there. up in the north bay, light sprinkles. the atmosphere is moist and as we head into friday night, sprinkles overnight lows are mild. that will let you know it's kind of warm. it's a warm air mass. tomorrow morning 54 degrees, 53 in hayward. these temperatures close to where they have been in the next week. you will also notice showers tonight and sprinkles tonight

north of santa rosa, maybe a little bit of drizzle south of marin county. here we are at 8:00 a.m. friday morning, you can see the cloud cover. all the rain is up north. that's your morning commute, pretty much dry. you see light showers, this is the afternoon commute. some sprinkles. the rush is now on to get mega million tickets ahead of tomorrow night's drawing. the prize is now 560 million and will likely grow before those numbers are picked. we now learned who bought that winning ticket in mill valley. your chances of winning tomorrow is one in 175 million.

tomorrow's jackpot is the largest jackpot in history. >> somebody's got to win. >> somebody's got to win. it might be the biggest day of her life. why a bay area woman will get to meet first lady obama -- to meet the first lady michelle obama. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah!

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mother never left the side of the whale until it was freed. it was as if they were putting the finishing touches on a fine painting. in this case 100-year-old esie larkin. >> you look very beautiful. >> reporter: her humor, mind, and memory intact. >> how tall are you? >> 5'2". >> eyes of? >> blue. >> shshwas getting done up for another big event. larsey will be here an honored guest of michelle obama. >> she's a very nice lady. >> did you vote for her husband? >> you better believe it. >> reporter: the cutter's name for the coast guard's first commission female officer. >> i love the coast guard.

>> reporter: in that first generation of coast guard women, larkin a radio operator during world war ii decoded morris code. >> i know, submarine. >> reporter: widowed and living on her own she got the invitation to meet the first lady when she turned 100 last december. then two weeks ago she had surgery but plans to leave summit hospital for saturday's event. her secret to a long life? >> happiness. >> reporter: larkin still making memories off all these years. rita williams. an effort to raise the minimum wage in san jose took a step forward today. advocates for the hike said they submitted 40,000 signatures to the county clerk's office. they want the initiative on the november ballot. the initiative came from college student who is have to

work to pay their tuition. a controversial new event center add ross moore was approved today. the $7.5 million project was approved in a 7-2 vote. some ross moore residents didn't want the center and spent months trying to protest the project. what are you going to tell these people? they are waiting for answers. pg & e on the hot seat tonight. this time not for what's under ground but high aboveground. what customers are fighting for now. >> and he's warmed the hearts of south bay fan, how san jose's -- won over an american idol judge.

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this video of a homicide scene in berkeley came into the newsroom just about an hour ago. a man was shot near sacramento street. witnesses reporting hearing several gunshots, as you can see there are several evidence markers, we counted at least 19 of them on the grown. there they are there. there's no word on a motive and no arrests have been made. the victim's name has not been released. new at 10:00 tonight, pg & e is backing off from a plan to destroy thousands of trees growing under a high voltage line. debra villalon is live where angry residents made the difference tonight. >> reporter: this household just one of them. along this property run powerful transmission lines, the trees below and alongside are targeted. >> they all have blue dots on them. >> reporter: blue dots on trees, a red flag for pg & e

customers. along a 39-mile stretch of high voltage line. for years pg & e has trim treed like these redwoods to keep them out of the wires. but the new plan, cut them down. >> this is just beautiful habitat here. and it's hard breaking to even consider it. >> we're asking you to stop cutting and you're doing a little dance up here. >> what we want is a standard across the entire line or off sonoma. >> reporter: demanding a clear cutting procedure. clearing brush for 90 feet on each side of the line would be a scar, damaging the valley. some 20,000 feet are tall enough to hit the line, risking fire. it's under federal order to

prevent. >> the risk is enormous. we manage gas and electric. and we actually do it quite well. >> it's about dollars. don't be pitted to this safety and over issues, if they fire it with a helicopter and see it's all cut down. >> reporter: the meeting was ended with residents reassured they were listened to but many customers not sure of what they'll do. customers will now be getting second notices laying out a process they hope takes their preferences into account. debra villalon. east bay park police are looking for a man who attacked a female jogger on tuesday. the woman was jobbing near the columbine trail when one of three men started jogging with her and tried to grab her.

the suspects are all described as latino in their mid-20s. they may have been driving an old ford explorer. it was burnt orange in color with primer red on the right front side. a san francisco woman who said she was attacked and her poodle killed got her day in court today. kim ferguson says her poodle was attacked by an out of control mastiff. the owner of the mastiff was apologetic but ferguson says he lied about it being on a leash. >> teacher tonya cafner refused to leave. oakland school police then started making arrests.

>> they claim i was trespassing for being in a school board meeting and saying that we want the school board to come back and vote to stop these school closures. officers arrested several people, including a few teachers and one student. board members resumed that meeting. capner was just at it having just gotten out of jail five hours before. >> we're back saying you should not be selling out district properties, shutting down schools. >> reporter: lake view elementary school kindergartner also stood up to talk. >> we don't want our school closed, that's very, very bad. >> reporter: board members

voted against opponents. >> there are too many schools in oakland. unfortunately we've lost 20,000 students in the last 10 years. we have the same amount of schools, in fact, we have two more schools and financially we conditioned afford it. >> reporter: this school is turning to state resources to continue this fight. in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. california's department of education is paying special recognition to elementary schools who have narrowed the achievement gap. 21 schools in santa clara have reached that goal. 21 in alameda. san jose's brackensick made the cut tonight on american idol. after his performance last night. jennifer lopez called for viewers to vote for deondre. now he's one of the remaining

eight. the con contestant who did not get enough votes was han. we will talk to him about his idol experience. coming up a suspicious incident at a south bay elementary school. >> plus -- >> live storm tracker 2 picking up a few sprinkles in santa rosa. i'll have all the details. and an elephant lose on the streets. why this elephant named baby took off. óñóññd í

mountain view police are warning parents who lunged at a young girl this morning. police describe him as in his 50s, heavy set with gray hair. the girl was walking to her

classroom when she spotted the man on campus. she told police when she got near him he lunged at her. a former union city high school pled not guilty today to having sex with a student. peter kolesnikov was arrested on his way to move the female student which is now 15 years old. the girl and kolesknikov had several -- the justices ruled the statute of limitations applied to the case. today's decision could put an end to several pending cases and keep the victims of priest abuse from pursuing legal

action. a venica man faces life in prison for killing and torturing an 18-year-old martinez man. the body of eric dean was found in december of 2009 near martinez. a jury today found 32-year-old robert gardener guilty of murder and torture. two other men are awaiting trial for their roles in dean's death. gardener is scheduled to be sentenced next month. in news of the world tonight, in spain tens of thousands of people took part in a nationwide strike today against austerity measures. an -- in baghdad iraq hosted the annual arab league summit. but only eight heads of state attended. sunni leaders were not there. it's the first such meeting in

iraq since 1990 when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. the league did agree on a u.n. plan to end the bloodshed in syria. in ireland. an elephant escaped from the circus and wound up in the parking lot of a shopping center. the elephant named baby did not want to take a shower and took off. her handlers caught up to her and was returned to the ring. best buy is closing stores. it will be opening some smaller stores. best buy has been hurt by shoppers checking out the goods in its stores then buying them for less online or at discount outlets. about 400 corporate workers are also losing their jobs. the company called the wal- mart of weed is opening a new location just a few miles from the white house. wegrow is opening its first

outlet in washington, d.c. this is video of the company's sacramento location. a low federal law outlaws cultivation or use of marijuana. surprising new research on just how common autism is. >> the silican valley tech giant announced a new do not track tool today. but why they and all the other experts say the tracking will continue. >> and chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking more rain. he's back with which part of your weekend will be most affected.

the personal information of tens of thousands of california -- californians is missing. the department of child services says today data was on storage devices. they got lost earlier this

month in transport from an ibm facility in colorado to california. you may not think about it but almost every move you make on the internet is being tracked. maureen naylor reports on how one silican valley giant wants to change that. >> reporter: tracking what you search is a common practice now under scrutiny. while the government is investigating google's policy, yahoo today announced the launch of a do not track tool. >> i think yahoo is jumping in saying we're going to be proactive. >> reporter: yahoo is showing this example of how users will be able to request they won't be tracked. >> these firms all make their money by tracking you. so when anyone says we're going to put in place a do not track it probably means they have a

work. they're going to get the information another way. >> reporter: they have to go through web publishers such as yahoo and google and search engines. >> yahoo's announcement said, we will listen to the signals that you just contend through the software. >> reporter: yahoo will still use information. >> to try and say we're not tracking but we're still going to do all these other things on the side. might be a problem for consumers, might not. it's kind of hard to tell. >> reporter: hard to tell he says because it's unclear how a do not track tool would work and how many people would use it or even care. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. a startling new report on autism shows a child development disorder is more common than previously thought. an estimated one out of 88

children has autism. that's a 78% increase over the last decade. it's not known how much of the increase is due to common traffic rather than conditions. >> we're talking about exposures to toxins, things in the environment. >> with hopes of a cdc study on the cause of autism is expected next year. the cdc is checking factors such as taking anti depressants during pregnancy. researchers say they have found very low traces of mercury in the fog. they say it's possible the mercury is coming from the ocean. in live storm tracker two, picking up a few showers out there. mainly in the north bay.

we talked about that earlier in the 5:00 and 6:00. we do have reports of sprinkles out in the fairfax area as well. it's very light activity right now. as we head into the bay area weekend, the atmosphere is going to moisten up further. by saturday morning we're looking for rain in the bay area. saturday looks like a pretty wet day, especially the first half. today there's clouds, tomorrow there's clouds. tomorrow there continues to be a chance of a sprinkle in the north bay. not a bad day tomorrow. the temperature on the mild side. on the bay area weekend we have rain on saturday. sunday is the better day on the weekend. they're having all kinds of flood concerns in many of the rivers. for us we're on the southern end of that as that system moves in slowly, the clouds increase, the sprinkles increase and we're down here away from the dynamics. we could see a half inch of

rain to an inch of rain. that's saturday morning. so it stars friday night -- starts friday night late and works its way into saturday morning. these sprinkles are occurring, kind of like what we have outside right now. and then the afternoon commute looks dry. now we're going to expand into the long range forecast. let me change images and what you're going to see is a saturday event. the doors opening up now. here's saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. that's the real deal. atmosphere has climbed, this thing touches into the coast. showers will begin around 6:00 a.m. for many people the entire bay area is wet by 9:30 and 10:00. by 11:00, the fog is moving right over the bay area. scattered showers friday afternoon. it's going to be a break sometime near noontime and 5:00. scattered showers late in the day and sunday you see things clear out nicely and you get a pretty nice day of it. a winter watch goes into

effect, snow levels start off high and by saturday when that front passes through they'll get down to 5,000 feet. through canyon in that area. forecast highs by tomorrow. you have upper 60s even low 70s. friday night into saturday morning there might be stuff you can do on saturday afternoon and sunday is your best day in the weekend. >> all right, thank you bill. >> thanks bill. drives on i4 should expect detours. caltrans is closing the freeway down as crews work on the widening project there. the westbound lanes will be closed from 10:00 p.m. until 3:30 a.m. the eastbound lanes along that same stretch will be closed from midnight until 5:00 a.m. drivers will be directed toward detours. vegans, vegetarians and the people for the ethical treatment of animals see red

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troubled star lindsay lohan is finally free. the actress appeared in court today in los angeles. the judge ended lohan's probation on a 2007 drunk driving case. however the actress still remains on informal probation for taking a 2,500 necklace last year. if lohan stays out of legal trouble that informal probation will end in 2014. mark ibanez is here to tell us about the trouble the sharks find themselves in tonight. >> you can't win unless you score. they better get at it. time is running out on the year

and playing like they had golf sticks in their hand and vacation on their mind instead of hockey sticks swinging away in the play offs. it just didn't work out. nice combo working for phoenix tw ray whitney to verbada 1-0 in the second. three on one break for phoenix. 2-0 and that was plenty. you will see the replay of just how perfect that pass was. phoenix blanking san jose. forget this. the third time this year the sharks on the outside looking in in the ninth play off slot in the west. only the nit but not a thing wrong with ending the season with a tournament victory. along with it 36 wins for the

men. aaron bright pops the three. turns it into a four point game. sanford was just up six at the half. but a berth to get the second half gone and that's josh with the explanation point. sanford's first mit title since 91. 75-51 over the golden gophers of minnesota. remember over the winners, the a's making a head scratching move like signing bartolon. at least today those decisions brilliant as they close out their two game series in japan with seattle. colon on the mound, eight tmj4 innings of work. he was down 1-0 in the seventh. cespedes takes care of that with a man on in that seventh. way gone to left center. his first in the major leagues. backed up an inning later by johnny gomes.

the pride of casa grande high school in petaluma. and a break even series. they're headed back on that 14 hour plane ride. forever late. the giants always like beating the texas rangers, fond memories. matt cane very good but did give up back to back home runs early. 2-0 texas. giants bounce back. three run seven. go ahead run, brought in on an rbi single by bryan terrio. kings go seven strong but still no word on extending his contract. no more making fun of one of the worse batting stances in the history of baseball. former giant aaron rowan released today by the miami marlins. can't feel real bad for him. san francisco still owes him $12 million on a contract they

signed him to five years ago. that's the sporting news. >> thanks mark. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> we'll have the latest on the search for sierra lamar as volunteers plan to head out just nine hours from now.